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Floods & storms, 1943

685 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 35

Berlin Expects R.A.F. Deluge On

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 August 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Monday. -- According to a man who has just arrived in Stockholm from Germany, the people of Berlin believe that the. R.A.F. will…

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Berlin Expects R.A.F. Deluge On

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 August 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. -- According to a man who has just arrived in Stockholm from Germany, the people of Berlin believe that the R.A.F will…

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Floods Postpone Vote

The Sun · Monday 23 August 1943 · page 3

The poll had to be postponed in Bevendale in the Eden-Monaro electorate because of floods…

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Flood Stops Voting: New Poll

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 August 1943 · page 1

The Federal election campaign is not over yet in the Gunning, sub-division of the Eden-Monaro electorate…

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Flood Stops Voting: New Poll

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 August 1943 · page 1

The Federal election campaign is not over yet in the Gunning sub-division of the Eden-Monaro electorate…

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Flood Stops Voting: New Poll

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 August 1943 · page 1

The Federal election campaign is not over yet in the Gunning sub-division of the Eden-Monaro electorate…

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Floods Hold Up Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 August 1943 · page 4

In the Gunning subdivision of Eden-Monaro electorate there are about 50 voters who can still legally record their votes…

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Famine Fears in Honan Damage by Locusts and Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 August 1943 · page 6

CHUNGKING, Aug. 23.—There is danger of another famine in Honan, comparable to that which last year blasted the…

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Heavy Rain Spoils Oranges on Coast

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1943 · page 2

Citrus fruit growers on the coast, particularly in the Gosford district, are threatened with serious losses as a result of recent heavy rains and frost. TEN inches of rain fell in the…

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Heavy Rain Spoils Oranges on Coast

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1943 · page 5

Citrus fruit growers on the coast, particularly in the Gosford district, are threatened with serious losses as a result of recent heavy rains. TEN inches of rain fell in the…

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Heavy Rain Spoils Oranges on Coast

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1943 · page 5

Citrus fruit growers on the coast, particularly in the Gosford district, are threatened with serious losses as a result of recent heavy rains. TEN inches of rain fell in the…

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Heavy Rain Spoils Oranges on Coast

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1943 · page 5

Citrus fruit growers on the coast, particularly in the Gosford district, are threatened with serious losses as a result of recent heavy rains. TEN inches of rain fell in the…

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Storm Water Drainage

The Propeller · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Council, Bexley's Engineer (Mr. C. D. Hanley) reported that he had received a letter from the principal of the Marist Bros. School…

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Quay Flooding

The Sun · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 4

Business people have to put up with banked-up stormwater time after time in Alfred-street, Circular Quay. Many people…

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Political Round About After the Deluge How did it happen?

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 August 1943 · page 8

Bruised and groggy, all that was left of the Opposition looked dazedly around. How, asked the few survivors, had…

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Vic. Teachers Storm Parlt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Hundreds of schoolteachers this afternoon swarmed into Parliament House. They…

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Vic. Teachers Storm Parlt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Hundreds of schoolteachers this afternoon swarmed into Parliament House. They…

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Rescued From Sea in Gale

The Sun · Thursday 2 September 1943 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.-- Disclosing the loss of the minesweeper Wasmuth in the Aleutians in December, the Navy…

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Bursting Pipe Floods Building

The Sun · Thursday 2 September 1943 · page 3

Thousands of gallons of water from a burst pipe in an upper story flooded five floors of Philips Electrical Industries' premises in Clarence-street, during the night…

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City Warehouse Flooded When Water Pipe Bursts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1943 · page 4

WHEN employees of Philips Electrical Industries of Australia Pty., Margaret and Clarence Streets, arrived for work this morning, they…

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